One hundred and fifty feet below my climbing boots, a gloved hand keyed a mic. My radio broke the stillness of the crisp fall air. “Bear! Heading straight for you!” “Roger, where is he?” “Heading straight up the cliff. I think he smelled you. He came straight up the...
There was a moment more than two years ago when I’d finally had enough. I’d spent over a decade lugging gear and meat around on my back with whatever box-store special backpack or frame pack I could get my hands on, and as a result was no stranger to sore shoulders...
Growing up in rural Pennsylvania my idea of hunting was to park my truck by a friend’s property and go for a walk with my rifle. I would typically carry a small day pack with a couple essentials, like water, a powerbar, and maybe a couple extra rounds. Since I moved...
I wasn’t the first to jump on the 300 Blackout bandwagon. And bear hunting was just something on my list to do when I met Brett Throckmorton. I asked him about his experience using 300 Blackout on hogs. “We should set up something to test out your new loads on hogs,”...
Combine extreme adventure, epic views, dangerous game and Force Recon tactics using dogs. The result? A bear hunting adrenaline dump and an exhausted hunter if you’re me. And pardon me while I eat my crow, but that’s not exactly what I expected when Barnes Bullets...
Want to know a secret? Here at SHWAT™ - Special Hog Weapons and Tactics™, we are all about killing feral pigs and the endless gear and fun that go along with that. It can be done 24/7/365 with few restrictions in our home state of Texas and a handful of other states...
